- Date
- February 22, 1976
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 81 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N400DABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152056
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 76/2/22 NR.TAMPA,FL BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1310 N400DA PX- 0 0 76 49, 19966 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1105 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL TAMPA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- ATNDS NOT SEATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N400DARegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Boeing 727-232Airframe modelBoeing 727-232Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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